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"It’s down that hallway," he said, pointing to a door at the opposite end of the museuroup, dislance

The door led to a hallway lined with offices After a quick scan for any signs of surveillance, I started peeking in doorways I didn’t really expect these offices to offer ood since I didn’t find any At the end of the hall was the bathroolanced through theo

I h theured once I saw thee pallets of ee oak barrels In the distance, I could hear the sounds of workers talking andI went the other direction, toward another set of doors This tiot in range, I ducked behind a crate to devise a plan

"What are you doing here?" a deep voice de around, ready to defend uhl sat a few feet away laughing at hed, a spooky noise co cat "You should have seen your face"

"Shut up," I said "How’d you get in here?"

"The other end of this warehouse has an open delivery dock No one was around, so I slipped in"

"Did you find anything?"

He shook his head "Nada Although the security on that door tells et in there without being noticed?"

"Well, see that guy co our way?" he whispered

I peeked over the lid of the crate A vaht toward the door The cart carried a defibrillator and several bags of blood Not exactly standard wineht

"I’ll take him out, steal his unifored my ankle

"No, dummy, I’ll just run over and slip onto the cart Once I’ to get back out?" I asked

"With my catlike reflexes, of course" He shot off before I could stop hiray blur and the next his ratlike tail disappeared between two boxes on the lower shelf of the cart

The h the reader and the doors air-locked open Just like that, Giguhl was inside

I waited a few seconds for an alarm to sound, worried the caot on the cart When nothing happened, I sat on the floor Soon, though, eting What-ifs plagued me as time seemed to liht This time when I looked around the crate, I saw so vae laundry bin in front of her

I didn’t have ti in fast I snuck around the backside of the crate and ran behind soe behind her--and out of view from the cameras

"Excuse me?" I said Her head swiveled in my direction Her eyes narrowed as she stopped in her tracks

"This is a restricted area,for the bathroom"

She sized me up, but I ay ahead of her I rushed her before she could utter another syllable I’d left un in the car, so I used the only weapon available--ht her and spun her around, covering her mouth with my hand

"Listen, I don’t want to kill you but I will if you irl?"

She nodded quickly, but I felt her ht," I said With my free hand, I cracked her neck Not a iven her youth one that would have her out cold for a while She’d need a good infusion of blood to repair the darabbing her pass card, which had been clipped to her blouse Praying the security didn’t involve anything fancy like fingerprint scans, I slowly pushed the cart toward the doors